Patrick Fitzgerald – New DCAA Director

In a desire to bring fresh perspective to an organization critical to stemming waste and fraud in military spending, the Department of Defense appointed a new director to head up the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).

Patrick Fitzgerald has spent his entire professional career (nearly 30 years) with the Army Audit Agency, becoming its director in 2006. His appointment marks the first time since DCAA’s inception that an "outsider” has held the top job. Outgoing director, April Stephenson, has moved to a position with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).